Compliance of primary health care providers to recommendation of artemesinin-based combination therapy in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in selected primary health care centres in Sokoto, North Western Nigeria

International Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 70-72

  Umar, Muhammad Tukur ^a   Chika, Aminu ^a   Jimoh, Abdulgafar O ^a  

^a USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Artemesinin; Compliance; Malaria; Nigeria; Primary health care centres; Sokoto

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALARIA; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NIGERIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE;

EID: 79960324690     PISSN: 18163319     EISSN: 1818779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijtmed.2011.70.72     Document Type: Article

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